A Bacterial Homolog of a Eukaryotic Inositol Phosphate Signaling Enzyme Mediates Cross-kingdom Dialog in the Mammalian Gut

作者：Stentz Regis; O**orne Samantha; Horn Nikki; Li Arthur W H; Hautefort Isabelle; Bongaerts Roy; Rouyer Marine; Bailey Paul; Shears Stephen B; Hemmings Andrew M; Brearley Charles A^*; Carding Simon R

来源：Cell Reports, 2014, 6(4): 646-656.

DOI：10.1016/j.celrep.2014.01.021

Dietary InsP(6) can modulate eukaryotic cell proliferation and has complex nutritive consequences, but its metabolism in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract is poorly understood. Therefore, we performed phylogenetic analyses of the gastrointestinal microbiome in order to search for candidate InsP(6) phosphatases. We determined that prominent gut bacteria express homologs of the mammalian InsP(6) phosphatase (MINPP) and characterized the enzyme from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (BtMinpp). We show that BtMinpp has exceptionally high catalytic activity, which we rationalize on the basis of mutagenesis studies and by determining its crystal structure at 1.9 angstrom resolution. We demonstrate that BtMinpp is packaged inside outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) protecting the enzyme from degradation by gastrointestinal proteases. Moreover, we uncover an example of cross-kingdom cell-to-cell signaling, showing that the BtMinpp-OMVs interact with intestinal epithelial cells to promote intracellular Ca2+ signaling. Our characterization of BtMinpp offers several directions for understanding how the microbiome serves human gastrointestinal physiology.

• 出版日期2014-2